I'm reminded of this[1], that I dug up from my threads here on HN: > This sad, sick notion that hackers are terrorist enemy #1 and this is the most important t

I'm reminded of this[1], that I dug up from my threads here on HN: > This sad, sick notion that hackers are terrorist enemy #1 and this is the most important thing governments should be working on is, like this movie will probably be, shitty fiction, a self-fulfilling prophecy perpetuated by Hollywood in movies like War Games that make it look like we're all going to be nuked thousands of times if we don't stop the Hacker menace. Help me change the media's perception of hacking before we start throwing more whistleblowers and e-graffiti artists in prison. "e-graffiti artists" resonated with me as a phrase, and I think this is exactly such a case. I hope his prosecutors do their jobs within reason[2]... [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8776527 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8776527 [2] Unlike, say, Aaron's :/